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RE: XML Buzzwords. RFC

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• Subject: RE: XML Buzzwords. RFC
• From: Jeff Lowery <jlowery@s...>
• Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 15:21:04 -0800

Sorry: it's SMERSH, not SMURSH. Still an initialism.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Lowery 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 3:18 PM
> To: 'Tom Bradford'
> Cc: xml-dev
> Subject: RE:  XML Buzzwords. RFC
> 
> 
> > Actually, an acronym is a word (nym) formed from the 
> beginning (acro)
> > letters of a set of words.  Being a word doesn't actually 
> require that
> > it be pronounceable phonetically.  IOU is a word that's not 
> pronounced
> > phonetically, but is an acronym.
> 
> XML, FUBAR, and SMURSH are all initialisms. SOAP, OASIS, and 
> UNCLE are all
> acronyms.
> 
> Later,
> 
> Jeff
> 
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